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SEVERIN O. BESTUL, OF IOLA, WISOONSIN' CLOTI-[ES-DRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

Application filed September 10, 1907. Serial No. 392,084

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SEVERIN O. BEsTUL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Iola, in the county of Waupaca and State of Wiscousin, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Driers and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved clothes drieradapted for use in drying clothes out of doors. and to this end itconsists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafterdescribed and defined in the claim. i

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein likecharacters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view with some partsbroken away, showing the improved drier. Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofthe said drier. Fig. 3 is a plan view with some parts sectioned, showingthe lower member of a pair of supporting heads. Fig. 51 is a sideelevation with some parts sec tioned, of the supporting head shown indetail in Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is'a vertical section taken centrallythrough the upper member of a pair of supporting heads. I

The numeral 1 indicates a heavy post, the lower end of which is securedby being em: bedded in the ground. The post 1 is preferably a woodenpost and at its upper end it is provided with a metal cap 2 having an upwardly projecting trunnion 3. Journaled on the trunnion 3 is an upperbearing head 4 which, as shown, is provided with four short perforatedarms 5. j

Eotatively mounted on the post 1 at a point considerably below the cap 2is an annular head 6 that is provided with radially rojecting sockets 7,as shown, four in number. On the sides of the sockets 7 are perforatedlugs 8. Badially projecting support ing arms 9 are seated at their innerends in the sockets"? The lower supporting head 6 is 'suspended fromthe-gupperzsupporting head with adjusting nuts 12 between which and vthe said arms, as shown, beveled sleeves 13 are interposed. The wires 10are secured to the arms 5 of the head 4 in such manner that they can notslip through the same, and preferably this is accomplished by giving thesaid wires a loop around the said arms, as indicated at 14. Byadjustments of the nuts 12, the projecting ends of the arms 9 may beraised and lowered so as to bring the same to the proper verticalpositions. The lines or wires to which the clothes are attached are notshown in the drawings, but would be supported from the arms 9 in theusual way.

On the under side of the head 6 are teeth 15 that are adapted to beengaged by the upper end of a lock bar 16, shown as secured to the post1 for. ".ertical sliding movements by suitable guides 17. A footactuated lifting le'per 18 is intermediately pivoted to an eleratedplatform 19, and one end thereof is pivotally connected to the said lockbar 16. The platform 19 serves as a dexice upon which to stand whenapplying the clothes to the drier or removing the clothes therefrom. Bystepping on the free end of the lei'er 18, the upper end of the lock bar16 will be engaged between certain of the teeth 15 and the head 6, andthe rotary part of the reel will thereby be locked against rotationunder the action of the wind or from other cause while the clothes arebeing applied to or removed from the drier.

As is evident, the rotating part of the drier, including the two heads 4and 6, and the arms 9, may be easily elevated from 'working positionwhenever desired. The

drier may, of course,be;made in variousjdesired sizes. It is of smallcost and at the tuated lock bar slidably mounted on said same time hasin practice been found highly post and engageable at its upper end withthe efficient for the purposes had in TiBVV. teeth of said lower head,substantially as and What I claim is: for the purposes set forth.

5 In a clothes drier, the combination with a In testimony whereof Iallix my signature 3 5 post, of a pair of heads rotatiyely mounted inpresence of two Witnesses.

thereon, the lower being supported from the SEVERIN O. BESTUL.

upper, and having on its under side a multii plicity of teeth, radiallyprojecting arms sup- 0 ported from said lower head, and a lever aciWitnesses:

H. D. Knieoim F. D. MERciL-uvr.

